May faces calls to resign as election hangs in balance

UK Prime Minister Theresa May faced calls to quit in the early hours of Friday after her election gamble to win a stronger mandate appeared to backfire and threw British politics into turmoil.

A joint poll by BBC, SKY, and ITV news said May's ruling Conservatives would win 314 seats, short of a majority in Britain's 650-seat parliament. The opposition Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, was projected to win 266 seats.

In the event of a hung parliament - where no party wins enough seats to have a majority in the House of Commons - the two major parties, Conservatives and Labour, will try and form a coalition government with one of the smaller parties.

Until a coalition government is decided, May remains prime minister - unless she opts to resign.

With no clear winner likely to emerge from Thursday's vote, May vowed to provide stability, while Corbyn said she should step down.
  [aljazeera.com]
9/6/17